After he returned to Chang'an, he first changed all the eunuchs around the puppet emperor Li Jixuan, and continued to appoint Xu Bin as the Secretary of the Central Committee and Cen Shen as the Minister of Attendance. He also ordered the two to start the autumn scientific examination to select talents from all over the world.
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When the imperial examination began, preparations for the military examination were also in full swing. Since the establishment of the military examination after Empress Wu, the military examination has selected many outstanding generals for the Tang Dynasty, the most famous of which is Guo Ziyi. Li Siye decided to establish the Chang'an Military Examination on this basis.
The academy is equivalent to the political status of the Imperial College. He put the qualified martial arts students into the academy for five years of military study to cultivate talents who are good at fighting in the army.
He decided to ask Li Guangbi to serve as the commander of the military academy. The students learned formations and military theory. After three years, they could intern in the military. After the internship period, they could obtain official positions, usually as captains and lieutenants.
General, he will be promoted later based on his military exploits and performance.
In order to solve the problem of excessive power of Jiedushi, Li Siye began to restructure the army, changing the two-one system to the three-three system. The basic units in the army are: team, brigade, regiment, battalion, capital, army, and one.
The number of soldiers is fifteen, and three Shi is a team. By analogy, the number of soldiers in an army is more than 12,000. Jiedu envoys no longer directly control the army, but begin to be responsible for local management. Military envoys are directly appointed by the central government.
He set up a staff system from top to bottom in the imperial court, and set up a staff station outside Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province. He appointed Li Guangbi as the staff sergeant, with a total of six or seven subordinate staff members. Staff offices were established in each border town.
The transfer of military envoys and the promotion of local military generals were decided by the staff department, and Jiedushi no longer participated in military affairs.
He passed all the plans to the local border towns through the emperor's imperial edict. When the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar. King Yong was finally going to attack the border towns. Anxi, Beiting, Hebei Province was his old power, so he was naturally concerned about King Yong's decision.
It is a strong support. The Hedong Jiedushi was originally controlled by the internal generals of Hedong, but after a series of operations, the Hedong Jiedushi has been held by Ashina Chulu, and the top generals of Hedong have also changed. For this
There is no objection to this matter.
Youyan's Jiedushi is now Li Chongbao. Since Li Siye divided the army in Hebei and other places, all the power in Youyan is concentrated in Li Chongbao's hands. As long as his son has no objections, others don't have to complain.
Xue Song, who was left behind in Youzhou, the northern capital, took the initiative to find Li Chongbao and asked him: "Second Young Master, my lord wants to reduce the military power of Jiedushi. What do you think?"
"What can I think?" Li Chongbao said with a smile: "Reducing the military power of Jiedushi is something that must be done sooner or later. My father is not young anymore. He did it in advance. It is nothing more than clearing the way for the successor. As a son, I
Of course I have to support it with both hands."
Xue Song's lips overflowed with a smile and he crossed his hands and said: "Young master can think that the master's heart is indeed benevolent and filial. However, the master just said that the master is old, how long can he maintain it? Judging from the current situation, succeeding him
The position must be Li Xu. You have followed the master for half your life and fought in the north and south. In the end, you can't inherit the great cause. Do you have to give up your military power to your younger brother? "
Li Chongbao fell into thinking. Xue Song was right. Previously, he had held out hope that his father would pass the throne to him. However, after such a long time, he could only watch his younger brother Li Xu sitting in Chang'an with the Royal Forest Army. How could he stay in Chang'an?
The earnest teachings he received from his father gave him a strong sense of imbalance in his heart.
He felt a little reluctant, but he didn't know whether he should disobey his father. He could only ask Xue Song beside him: "But this is my father's will, how can I disobey it?"
Xue Song gave him an idea and said: "My lord loves you very much, my lord. He weakened the military power of Jiedushi because he was targeting those generals with foreign surnames. You are his son, and weakening you is just to show to outsiders that he treats everyone equally. The lord can tell you
The lord advised you that You Yan can be treated specially and does not have to accept changes in the army's internal organization, nor should he send any staff here."
Li Chongbao might not be able to see clearly what was happening in front of him, so he actually believed Xue Song's deception and wrote a letter to his father Li Siye, expressing his unrealistic ideas about reducing the military power of the feudal town.
Li Siye was very angry after receiving the letter. He did not expect that the biggest obstacle to reducing the military power of the Jiedushi would come from his own son. He immediately sent a letter to Li Chongbao, scolding Li Chongbao and saying that he did not know the general situation.
Li Chongbao was naturally frightened, and quickly admitted his mistake to his father, scolded Xue Song for his bad idea, reorganized his troops into the Thirteenth Army, and handed over the army to the staff sent by Chang'an.
The entire northern towns such as Longyou, Shuofang and other towns accepted the reduction of the military power of the Jiedushi. The staff sent by Li Siye from Chang'an took over the military power well. Only the Jiedushi of Jiannan in central Shu had some accidents.
Jiannan Festival envoy Cui Ning and Cui Mi brothers control Chengdu City and the Unity Camp in the city. According to Li Siye's regulations, the Unity Camp will be divided into two. Cui Mi can only serve as the envoy of one of the armies. Jiannan Festival
The envoys no longer managed the various armies in Shu, but only the governors of various states. The selection, appointment, and deployment of military officers were all decided by the staff sent by Chang'an.
There were a total of five staff sent to Shuzhong, and Fang Guan served as the chief of staff. Cui Ning was unwilling to have his power taken away, so he ordered his confidants to detain all five members of the staff at the plank road station north of Jianmen.
But he did not dare to carry out the matter, fearing that Li Siye would be angry and lead an army to attack, so he only burned down the plank road along the way into Jiange, and continued to isolate himself in an attempt to dominate the Shu.
Cui Ning dared to do this after careful consideration. He also understood the current situation very well. Li Siye's main strength was placed along the Yangtze River and Xiangyang area, and he could not take care of Shuzhong. He would not pay too much attention to the news in Shuzhong. He put these
All the so-called staff officers are detained on the Shu road, and they are stepping up their efforts to completely control the middle of Shu. After the opposition such as the Guo Yingyi brothers are eliminated, one family can dominate and form a state within a state, and they can even unite with Li Yu's Southern Tang regime.
Confront Li Siye.
The situation he envisioned in the future was very similar to the Three Kingdoms, which was also one of the sources of his confidence.
However, there are two other forces that can compete with them in Shu. One is the Dongchuan Army and the Xichuan Army led by Guo Yingyi and Guo Yingqian's brothers, and the other is the Chongqing Army led by Du Ji.
The feud between the Guo brothers and Cui Ning has been going on for a long time. It can even be understood that Li Siye put Guo in Shu just to check and balance him. As for Du Ji, he is a two-sided enemy. He will only help whoever wins.
Cui Ning decided to find ways to get rid of Guo Yingyi, but could not find a chance to transfer him to Chengdu. This time, Li Siye's imperial edict in the name of the emperor was a good excuse. This was a big deal, and they must not
Will refuse.
After Guo Yingqian received the letter from Cui Ning, he quickly went to discuss with his brother how to reply.
Guo Yingyi twirled his beard and nodded: "My lord wants to reduce the military power of Jiedushi. This will not have any impact on you and my brothers. It's just that Cui Ning can't sit still. He asked you and me to go together. Is it possible?
Want to unite us to resist the lord? Continue to retain his military power as the Jiedushi? But he knows that we will not unite with him, why do he do this? "
"It must be a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, and he needs to seek medical treatment in a hurry. Then we will go to tease this mad dog together and see what else he can do."
Guo Yingyi thought deeply, raised his hand and said: "No, we still have to be more careful before the staff team sent by the lord comes. You and I can only go to one. If anything goes wrong, they will not dare to act rashly. You stay here
Meizhou controls the East and West Sichuan armies, I will go meet the Cui brothers."
"Brother has limited legs and feet. It's going to be a bumpy journey, so let me go."
Guo Yingqian was on his way on a fast horse. Du Ji, the governor of Yuzhou and the military envoy of Chongqing, met him at the post station outside Chengdu, and they went together.
Du Ji asked him: "Why didn't Brother Guo come?"
Guo Yingqian did not tell the truth. He only smiled and said: "My brother has limited legs and feet, so I have to do all the work for him."
Unexpectedly, Du Ji remained silent for a long time, and suddenly said with emotion: "Your brother is a smart man."